Month: September 2014

Over on our sister blog, IP Whiteboard, our colleagues Daniella Phair and Cate Nagy have considered the recommendations made in the Competition Policy Review Panel’s draft report on the effectiveness of Australia’s current competition policy and laws...

In the heavy-hitting world of weight loss products, the ACCC is in the race for the long-run, with civil proceedings relating to the SensaSlim franchise system continuing and new criminal charges filed last week. In...

On Monday, 22 September 2014, the Competition Policy Review Panel released its 307-page Draft Report on the effectiveness of Australia’s current competition policy and laws, and its recommendations for the promotion of competition across the...

On 10 September, European Commission President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker announced the new organisational structure of the EU’s executive arm along with his new team of Commissioners, who are scheduled to take office in November 2014. Margrethe Vestager...

On 20 August 2014, the ACCC accepted a court enforceable undertaking from Express Mobile Services Pty Ltd, a mobile professional services franchise business with several divisions across Australia. The ACCC alleged that Express Mobile Services...

Hot off the press, the ACCC has released its updated Immunity and Cooperation Policy for Cartel Conduct (Updated Policy). As previously blogged, the ACCC engaged in targeted consultation in 2013 and early 2014 in order...

The ACCC commenced proceedings on 28 August 2014 in the Federal Court of Australia against Valve Corporation, an e-commerce business based in the USA with no physical presence in Australia, alleging that Valve engaged in...

According to reports in Friday’s Australian FinancialRreview, (Hannah Low, page 32), the ACCC has sought to widen its claim against Pfizer. We previously reported (see also here) that the ACCC had brought proceedings against Pfizer...